Impact of land use on soil resources

Land Use and Soil Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-7

  Braimoh, Ademola K ^a   Vlek, Paul L G ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 84892298885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6778-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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